Vaccination
Covax expecting 250 mn donated doses in 6-8 weeks: WHO
Covax is expecting to receive 250 million donated COVID-19 vaccine doses over the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Jul 28, 2021
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Medical economics
Urgent need for COVID-19 vaccine equity
COVID-19 vaccine programs are expected to cost poorer countries an additional 56.6% on health budgets, compared with just 0.8% on wealthy countries' health expenditure, according to new data from the United Nations Development ...
Jul 22, 2021
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Vaccination
Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses
No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.
Jul 18, 2021
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Vaccination
EU hits goal of delivering vaccines for 70% of adults
The European Union has hit its target of delivering enough coronavirus vaccine to cover 70 percent of the adult population, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday.
Jul 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO's COVID weapons fight still $16.8 bn short
The World Health Organization's global appeal for funding for coronavirus vaccines, treatments, diagnostics and equipment is still $16.8-billion short—almost half its total needs, the WHO said Tuesday.
Jul 6, 2021
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World health, IP, trade bodies launch Covid platform
The heads of the global health, IP and trade agencies on Thursday announced a joint platform to help countries plug the gaps in accessing COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and technologies.
Jun 24, 2021
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Vaccination
South Africa to host vaccine tech transfer hub
South Africa will host the continent's first COVID-19 vaccine production facility, as President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday Africa now understood that doses would "never come" from elsewhere in time to save lives.
Jun 21, 2021
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Vaccination
G7 to provide 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses 'to world' by 2023
G7 leaders will agree to expand global COVID vaccine manufacturing to provide at least one billion doses to the world through sharing and financing schemes, Britain said Thursday.
Jun 11, 2021
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UK urges commitment to vaccinate the world by end of 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the Group of Seven wealthy democracies' summit next week to urge world leaders to commit to vaccinating the global population by the end of 2022.
Jun 6, 2021
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More than two billion COVID vaccines given
More than two billion COVID-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP tally Thursday drawn from official sources.
Jun 3, 2021
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